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Take Hold of the Promise of Grace Offered In Christ
“When the Law shows us our sin, our past life immediately comes to our mind. Then the sinner, in his great anguish of mind, groans and says to himself, ‘Oh, how damnably I have lived! If only I could live longer! Then I would amend my life.’ … Taking advantage of the weakness of our nature, Satan increases and aggravates these thoughts in us. Then it is impossible for the conscience to avoid being more seriously troubled, confounded and frightened… . Therefore the afflicted conscience has no remedy against despair and eternal death except to take hold of the promise of grace offered in Christ.”
Martin Luther, Lectures on Galatians
(Thanks to Ray Ortlund)
